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HOUSTON — The Houston Rockets will debut their City Edition uniforms and court during Wednesday's game against the Indiana Pacers. The City Edition design commemorates the Rockets' 30th anniversary season of their back-to-back championship teams. The jerseys are white with "H-TOWN" on the front in red lettering with a black outline, mimicking the style of the championship banners hanging at the Toyota Center.
The motto for the second championship team, "BELIEVE IT AGAIN!," is on the bottom corner of the jersey, along with signatures from Clyde Drexler and Hakeem Olajuwon. The shorts have the original Houston Rockets logo on one side with the Summit logo on the buckle portion. The trim on the shorts is an homage to the appearance of the championship banners.
The City Edition court features a recreation of the center logo from the Summit and displays the "H-TOWN" from the jerseys to the side of the key on both ends. Wednesday's game, which is also Hometown Heros Night, is the first of 13 games the Rockets are scheduled to wear their City Edition uniforms this season. The first 3,000 fans entering Toyota Center will receive an exclusive Rudy Tomjanovich bobblehead.
Doors will open at 5:30 p.m. with tipoff at 7 p.
m. Tomjanovich and championship teams from 1993-94 and 1994-95 will be honored all season long. Thirteen players from those rosters will be in attendance at Wednesday's game, including Tim Breaux, Chucky Brown, Matt Bullard, Pete Chilcutt, Mario Elie, Carl Herrera, Robert Horry, Vernon Maxwell, Hakeem Olajuwon, Eric Riley, Larry Robinson, Kenny Smith and Otis Thorpe.
The group will be honored on the court during two timeouts in the first half and the Rockets award-winning game presentation crew has prepared videos to share moments from the championship seasons throughout the game. The Rockets will also present tribute videos for two members of their family who passed earlier this year, former assistant coach and general manager Carroll Dawson and radio broadcaster Gene Peterson. Tickets to the game are still available and can be purchased here.
City Edition and The Summit Collection merch can be purchased here..
